Crash (2004)

Rating: 90%
Okay so up to a couple of days ago, I never fully saw this movie up still the last...half hour or so. But now I have and here's my review for Crash.

Plot: The film is set with all these stories that kind of mash together. They're mostly about a Persian shop owner who can't read English but his daughter does, a detective who is looking for his missing brother, two African Americans who carjack a district attorney and his wife, a hispanic locksmith who is trying to make his 6 year old daughter feel safe, a police man who molests an african american's wife while he and his partner pulls them over, and his partner who wants to transfer from him because of it. During the events of the film all these people are facing all these problems; mostly problems with racism.

Okay that's not too much of an explained plot, but I think that's the best way to explain what the movie is generally about with all of these characters to focus on. Anyway, this was a very nice movie. It was beautifully acted, some of the stories were really emotional, it did give a good message that - while it could've over done it somewhat as some critics have felt - I think was something that we should still keep in mind even today. But what really makes this a good movie was some of the scenes during the second half of this film. I won't tell what happens of coarse but these scene are just...so darn powerful. You will get scared, you might cry, you might manage to to be happy at the end of one particular scene, they're just...just...wow. 

Actors/Characters:
Sandra Bullock/Jean: Okay so I guess I was wrong in the sense that she didn't entirely turn out to be a spectacular actress until The Blind Side. Sandra Bullock wasn't in this movie a whole lot but she did a great job as Jean whenever she was.
Michael Pena/Daniel: I think he gave out the best performance in the entire movie. I mean what happened to his character a little close to the very end was powerful and how the performed it was just perfect. Nuff said really.

And that's my review for Crash. It's a powerful movie with brilliant acting and some of the most powerful and emotional scenes you'll probably have ever seen in your whole life.